Every week from mid-June through the end of August, Tuesdays and Wednesdays brought excited young people to Prairie Island Campground to play in nature, be of service, and build lasting connections with one another and the greater community…

The Izaak Walton League of America holds a deeply personal relationship with the nation's waters and outdoors, engaging in paddling, youth fishing events, and critical conversations about our waters, wetlands, water quality, agriculture, and of course the river and its wing dams, sedimentation, and navigation…

Last Friday, floating behind Latsch Island, the air was full of sound—sandhill cranes calling overhead, giggles drifting across the water, and the steady hum of cicadas, frogs, and crickets rounding out the evening chorus…